I sent my friend a copy of the picture book so hopefully she gives me an answer soon.
Yeah there are a lot of different takes on canon which is why I am never sure are the picture books canon, is it just the anime? what about Stage 0?
I think in the end the only definite is Suzaku is completely wracked with guilt over what happened. I really don't think he is O.K. with what he did and I find it hard when he is so guilt wracked to really see him thinking it was the right thing to do. He's most certainly not gotten past it and really after seeing the picture CD it's hard for me to imagine it's "easier" on him when afterwards he has no where to go and believes he is no longer able/deserving of happiness. It's heartbreaking really. Someone needs to shove chocolate chip cookies in his mouth
One thing I have been thinking about is that despite the RAGE he has in 25 judging from the fact he's just holding his gun and not shooting for so long and let's face it, the fact Lelouch survived for Season 2, Suzaku obviously loves cares about him too much to kill him even when he feels completely betrayed and responsible for the mess Lelouch has created. Though one could also argue the same for Lelouch since while he could kill Euphie, though again one could argue that was a mercy killing, he can't kill Suzaku.
Hmmmm I guess it is telling that as far as we know he didn't actually kill Cornelia, possibly because he felt a little tinge of guilt from all the fratricide he's already committed. I do seriously think the guilt of killing Euphie is going to tear him up in Season 2 and is not something he can just walk away from in the same way that killing Clovis or Darlington or those Japanese rebels was. I just remember when Ougi talked about how Zero didn't just see everyone as chess pieces, I wanted to pat him on the head since I do think that is all Lelouch sees them as. I would argue the majority are people Lelouch puts in the expendable category, while I think for Suzaku, the only person he puts in that category is himself.
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I sent my friend a copy of the picture book so hopefully she gives me an answer soon.
Yeah there are a lot of different takes on canon which is why I am never sure are the picture books canon, is it just the anime? what about Stage 0?
I think in the end the only definite is Suzaku is completely wracked with guilt over what happened. I really don't think he is O.K. with what he did and I find it hard when he is so guilt wracked to really see him thinking it was the right thing to do. He's most certainly not gotten past it and really after seeing the picture CD it's hard for me to imagine it's "easier" on him when afterwards he has no where to go and believes he is no longer able/deserving of happiness. It's heartbreaking really. Someone needs to shove chocolate chip cookies in his mouth
One thing I have been thinking about is that despite the RAGE he has in 25 judging from the fact he's just holding his gun and not shooting for so long and let's face it, the fact Lelouch survived for Season 2, Suzaku obviously
lovescares about him too much to kill him even when he feels completely betrayed and responsible for the mess Lelouch has created. Though one could also argue the same for Lelouch since while he could kill Euphie, though again one could argue that was a mercy killing, he can't kill Suzaku.Hmmmm I guess it is telling that as far as we know he didn't actually kill Cornelia, possibly because he felt a little tinge of guilt from all the fratricide he's already committed. I do seriously think the guilt of killing Euphie is going to tear him up in Season 2 and is not something he can just walk away from in the same way that killing Clovis or Darlington or those Japanese rebels was. I just remember when Ougi talked about how Zero didn't just see everyone as chess pieces, I wanted to pat him on the head since I do think that is all Lelouch sees them as. I would argue the majority are people Lelouch puts in the expendable category, while I think for Suzaku, the only person he puts in that category is himself.